I just received a stack of G05s from Meritline in the US and they burned very well at 8X on my NEC 3500. The PI error rates were flat in the 40-60 range. I haven't done a 4X burn yet but I have 4X burns from the old G04s where the PI error rate was in the teens.

I just received a stack of G05s from Meritline in the US and they burned very well at 8X on my NEC 3500. The PI error rates were flat in the 40-60 range. I haven't done a 4X burn yet but I have 4X burns from the old G04s where the PI error rate was in the teens.

What drive were you doing the testing on? and what speed were you testing at?

It makes a big difference how we should look at the results you mentioned. If you were using the LiteON SOHW-832s and scanning at 4x, then those results are not difficult at all. If you were using a PX-712a and scanning at 2x, then this is more impressive! If you were using a LiteON 411s/811s and scanning at 8x, then that would be even more impressive!!

I just received a stack of G05s from Meritline in the US and they burned very well at 8X on my NEC 3500. The PI error rates were flat in the 40-60 range. I haven't done a 4X burn yet but I have 4X burns from the old G04s where the PI error rate was in the teens.

What drive were you doing the testing on? and what speed were you testing at?

It makes a big difference how we should look at the results you mentioned. If you were using the LiteON SOHW-832s and scanning at 4x, then those results are not difficult at all. If you were using a PX-712a and scanning at 2x, then this is more impressive! If you were using a LiteON 411s/811s and scanning at 8x, then that would be even more impressive!!

They were done on a Liteon 812S with US0Q firmware at 8X. I switched to 8X as the standard after reading recommendations on your forum but I have had a hard sell over at CDFreaks. They are adamant about 4X.

Yes i know the famous 4X CLV reading speed, to be honest, KProbe/liteON scans are not useful to me anymore, since there is costinency between LiteOn drives, that means two 812S won't return same errors with same disc with same reading speed...

Yes i know the famous 4X CLV reading speed, to be honest, KProbe/liteON scans are not useful to me anymore, since there is costinency between LiteOn drives, that means two 812S won't return same errors with same disc with same reading speed...

It is truly unfortunate. I shudder to think of the amount of people who rely on such shoddy testing methods